LOTF post 6

Beast from Air

The Beast of Ralph

Perspective: Jack

 

If Ralph thinks he can be leader on this island any longer then he has gone mad. I am the true leader on this island! I call the shots, I get the meat, and I explored the whole bloody thing! Ralph is waxy with envy. He thinks that everyone should listen to him because he is chief, but he doesn’t act much like a chief anyway! Our time on the island has been interminable with Ralph and Piggy always thinking that the fire and shelters are the most important things! I think I would make a much better leader than Ralph would. Besides, Ralph is scared of the Beastie! I’m not scared of any Beasties! A real leader has to never show fear and Ralph knows that. I think he feels threatened by me. I say that’s fine, it will help me get this place under control if the others notice that their chief is frightened of me. That should show them that they should look at me in a diffident manner. They always say people can go power hungry, but I don’t understand what they are talking about. People become so powerful that they go crazy, but I don’t think that could ever happen to me. I just like to have authority is all. Ralph and I have been embroiled over power lately, and I am starting to think he’s become power-mad. I was brave enough to lead the first hunt for the beast, and I think that entitles me to more power than Ralph. After all, I was brave. But, as I looked out at the sea, watching the tides flow like the leviathan beneath the waves breathing in and out, my conscience got to me, and I thought to myself, could it be, perhaps it is I that is doing something wrong? But I know I am doing what I am for all the right reasons, the island should be listening to me and not Ralph!